Wednesday, September 27, 2006
hoooo youuuu?
That's what granny pereira used to say when she saw my father. Pretending not to recognise him. hahah what a funny old lady! except when she wanted to kiss me. EEkss! God rest her soul.
What's in a name? We all take our identity for granted huh? Just the other day i met good old Goofy Gilbert Yeoh, one of the lecturers in the English Department. He called me "Chin". Cos Shane sounds like Shin which sounds like Chin. And to think i intentionally (over)emphasized the Shaaayyyyyynnnnne part of my name. Sigh.. u can teach english but you can't pronounce words ploppelly Giwberr. Tsk tsk. But he's still such a funny little old boy
lah.
I remember Beng Huat used to think I was this other guy who went over to France on an internship programme. He asked me "hey when did you come back from France?" and i was like... "..." cos the guy he's referring to is this absolutely gay mat. Best. At least now he knows who I am and by name too! Wonder why he thinks so highly of me and keeps asking me to go do my Phd. Don't tell me it's another Shane... OH MAAaannnnn.
Ho Kong Chong kept telling me "eh sorry i whacked you in conference that day nothing personal".. and i was like "i wasn't at any conference." He did it TWICE in 3 days some more. TSK. The malay stall auntie kept trying to hint to me "are you
sakit (sick)?" cos it's fasting month and i was buying food. And Rose Liang kept calling me 'Lou' for at least a month.
Face it, Shane. Despite the fact that your wonderful friends think you look absolutely eurasian, most people think you look like a mat. And gay. And Filipino. Hahahahha! What a combination (can i have fries with that?)
Ah... the essentialized notion of race and sexuality in our tiny island... how absolutely wonderful.
